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E D U C AT I O N U N I V E R S I T Y O F C I N C I N N AT I | Cincinnati, Ohio College of D e s i g n A r t A r c h i t e c t u r e & P l a n n i n g
Fashion Design—Design Track | Class of 2013 C E N T E RV I L L E H I G H S C H O O L | Centerville, Ohio
General Studies | Class of 2008 HONORS
Golden Brush Award June 2011 Sons of Italy Scholarship Recipient (2008 & 2012) Fashion Design Student Association (2008-present) Students for Ecological Design(2008-present) National Society for Collegiate Scholars (2009-2010) National Art Honors Society, Vice President 2008 SKILLS COMPUTER
Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Bridge, Web PDM, Gerber Accumark & Pattern Design Silhouette, Lectra Kaledo, Microsoft Word and Excel TECHNICAL
Garment construction, flat patterning, draping, tailoring, technical flats, fashion photography, machine knitting, fashion illustration, watercolor and advanced fine arts
WORK EXPERIENCE L A S E N Z A | Columbus, Ohio Print & Pattern Design Intern | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 2 – D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 2
Applied fine art skills to produce original artwork, utilized computer software to manipulate artwork into repeatable prints for lingerie and caual sleep Supervised artwork through all stages of production- creation of colorway, review of initial strike off submits and final print Luxe Lingerie Design Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 2 – J U N E ‘ 1 2 Assisted in design of Holiday ‘12 collection and collaborated with design team for initial design development of Spring ’13 luxury bras, panties and costume lingerie N A T O R I | New York, New York Ready to Wear Design Intern | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 1 – D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 1
Completed and presented extensive research for Spring ‘13 concept direction Assisted in all stages of ready to wear design development from concept to final samples in both knits and wovens A B E R C R O M B I E & F I T C H | New Albany, Ohio Technical Design Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 1 – J U N E ‘ 1 1
Assisted and evaluated all stages of the fit process for all brands outerwear, sweaters and sweater accessories Completed initial tech packages and issued fit comments C H I C O ’ S FA S | Fort Myers, Florida Design Intern, Woven tops & bottoms | S E P T E M B E R ‘ 1 0 – D E C E M B E R ‘ 1 0 Assisted with the design and development of garments in the woven tops and woven bottoms departments Completed all technical sketches and tech packages D O N N A D E G N A N | New York, New York Design Intern | M A R C H ‘ 1 0 – J U N E ‘ 1 0
Assisted with design concept and maintained all technical flats for Resort and Spring ‘11 collections. Shot web photos and illustrated Fall ‘10 collection
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0 3 WAT E R C O L O R S I L L U S T R A T I O N S I N S P I R E D B Y A “ VA C A T I O N ” T O A F O R E I G N L A N D . G A R M E N T S R E F L E C T T H E C O U N T R Y O F T H A I L A N D ; T H E S E B O L D L O O K S P AY H O M A G E T O T H E D I V E R S E T R A D I T I O N S O F THE TRIBES THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE COUNTRYSIDE. I L L U S T R A T I O N S W E R E AWA R D E D T H E G O L D E N B R U S H AWA R D , T H E D A A P D E P A R T M E N T AWA R D F O R I L L U S T R A T I O N J U N E 2 0 1 1 WA T E R C O L O R O N C O L D P R E S S B L O C K | W I N T E R 2 0 1 1
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0 4 WAT E R C O L O R S I L L U S T R AT I O N S C R E AT E D F O R A S P R I N G / S U M M E R C O L L E C T I O N I N S P I R E D B Y M E X I C A N B L A N K E T S . B R I G H T C O L O R S A N D P R I N T S R E F E R E N C E M E X I C A N F O L K A R T, A R C H I T E C T U R E A N D C U L T U R E . T H E S T R I P E S S H O W C A S E A C O N T R A S T I N G S O L I D A N D S H E E R M AT E R I A L . T R A N S L U C E N C E I S A K E Y C O M P O N E N T T O T H E AT T I T U D E O F T H E C O L L E C T I O N T H AT TA K E S T H I S F A N T A S Y F R O M D AY T O N I G H T . T H E S H O E S I L L U S T R AT E D W E R E A M A I N S O U R C E O F I N S P I R AT I O N T O M A N Y O F T H E D E S I G N S . WA T E R C O L O R O N C O L D P R E S S B L O C K | S U M M E R 2 0 1 1
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06 KNITWEAR KNITWEAR PRJOJECT INSPIRED BY MICROSCOPIC PICTURES OF PLANT STEMS, SPECIFICALLY THE STRUCTURE, BEAUTY AND COLOR OF THE CELLS. RESORT LOOK INCLUDES A MACHINE KNIT ROBE, USUING A LACE CARRIAGE AND O R I G I N A L P U N C H C A R D PAT T E R N O V E R A S T R A P L E S S S W I M S U I T W I T H B A C K C U T- O U T D E TA I L . 7 0 / 3 0 W O O L / R AY O N K N I T R O B E / S P A N D E X S W I M S U I T | S U M M E R 2 0 1 2
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0 7 T E C H N I C A L F L AT S INITIAL CONSTRUCTION SKETCHES OF FINAL THESIS C O L L E C T I O N I N S P I R E D B Y E V E L Y N N E S B I T. L I N G E R I E A N D E V E N I N G L O O K S I N T E R M I X T O H O N O R H E R I N F A M O U S P A S T. A D O B E I L L U S T R AT O R | W I N T E R
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